The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
3:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.65° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.37° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.